Diego Maradona raged against the American referee and accused England of 'theft' after Colombia crashed out of the World Cup

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• England booted Colombia out of the 2018 World Cup — and Diego Maradona is furious.
• Maradona had been supporting Argentina but switched allegiances when his country was dumped out of the tournament.
• Colombia has also been eliminated but Maradona has accused England of match "theft" and has claimed the referee knows nothing about football.
• Maradona has a long-standing rivalry with England, largely because of his "hand of God" goal in the 1986 World Cup, where he punched the ball into the net.
• Read all of Business Insider's World Cup coverage here.

England kicked Colombia out of the 2018 World Cup after a dramatic penalty shootout — and Diego Maradona, who was supporting Colombia — is outraged.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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